τοι

See also: τοί

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

τ’ (t’) — apocopic
τοί (toí) — oxytone

Etymology

A variant form of σοι (soi, “to you”), dative of σύ (sú, “thou”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /toi̯/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ty/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ty/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ty/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ti/

Particle

τοι • (toi) (discourse particle)

let me tell you; you see; certainly (a discourse particle which assures the listener that what the speaker says is true, or that the listener knows it is true)
Near-synonym: (Epic) τε (te)

Derived terms

ᾰ̓λλᾰ́ τοι (ăllắ toi)
γᾰ́ρ τοι (gắr toi)
γέ τοι (gé toi)
ἐπείτοι καί (epeítoi kaí), ἐπεί τοι καί (epeí toi kaí)
ἐπείτοι (epeítoi), ἐπεί τοι (epeí toi)
ἤτοι (ḗtoi)
καίτοι (kaítoi)
μεντᾱ̓́ν (mentā́n), μέντοι ᾰ̓́ν (méntoi ắn)
μέντοι (méntoi), μέν τοι (mén toi)
μήτοι (mḗtoi), μή τοι (mḗ toi)
ὅτιτοι (hótitoi), ὅτῐ τοι (hótĭ toi)
οὔτοι (oútoi), οὔ τοι (oú toi)
τᾱ̓́ν (tā́n), τοι ᾰ̓́ν (toi ắn)
τἆρᾰ (târă)
τοιγᾰ́ρ (toigắr)
τοιγᾰροῦν (toigăroûn)
τοιγᾰ́ρτοι (toigắrtoi)
τοίνῡν (toínūn)

References

“τοι (A)”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“τοι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
τοι in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
τοι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“τοι”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- truly idem, page 898.
- truth idem, page 899.
- verily idem, page 948.
τοι 1 in Lexicon to Pindar by William J. Slater, De Gruyter, Berlin, 1969

Greek

Pronoun

τοι • (toi) (weak personal)

they (3rd person masculine plural, nominative)

Related terms

Third person pronouns

	singular (familiar)
	strong			weak
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	αυτός (aftós)	αυτή (aftí)	αυτό (aftó)	τος (tos)	τη (ti)	το (to)
genitive	αυτού (aftoú)	αυτής (aftís)	αυτού (aftoú)	του (tou) ^†	της (tis) ^†	του (tou) ^†
accusative	αυτόν (aftón)	αυτήν (aftín)	αυτό (aftó)	τον (ton)	την (tin)	το (to)

	plural (formal)
	strong			weak
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	αυτοί (aftoí)	αυτές (aftés)	αυτά (aftá)	τοι (toi)	τες (tes)	τα (ta)
genitive	αυτών (aftón)	αυτών (aftón)	αυτών (aftón)	τους (tous) ^†	τους (tous) ^†	τους (tous) ^†
accusative	αυτούς (aftoús)	αυτές (aftés)	αυτά (aftá)	τους (tous)	τις, τες (tis, tes) ^‡	τα (ta)

There is no 3rd person vocative case.
† These terms double as possessive pronouns.
‡ τις (tis) is used before a verb, τες (tes) after a verb..
All personal pronoun forms are displayed at εγώ (egó, “I”).